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R P Scoville

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PubMed1993

Computer software for health care CQI.

The transition from quality assurance to continuous quality improvement (CQI) demands a basic change from centralized to decentralized information management. In CQI, front-line staff can use personal computer (PC) software skills to manage, analyze, and act on process-related information. Information services departments play a key role in this transition by, among other things, selecting software that optimally supports the PC-based work carried out by CQI teams. A review of typical CQI team software requirements and of available PC software suggests that Microsoft Excel 4.0 is a nearly ideal software platform to support CQI teams.

Management Information Systems↗
PubMed1993

Tutorial: using Microsoft Excel for health care CQI.

The transition from QA to CQI in health care calls for decentralized data collection and analysis in conjunction with the use of personal computers to support CQI team activities. In this article, we discuss recent advances in PC software and hardware technology that make possible revolutionary changes in health care quality data management. We also present detailed examples of how to use Microsoft Excel 4.0 as a single software platform to support commonly used CQI tools and analyses.

Computer Graphics↗